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I don’t understand your comment. He was cancelled over actions IRL. Whether he had a Twitter or not, other people do and they know his name and where he works.

• gambiting 5y ago
  He was cancelled because he wrote a public apology on Twitter and that's how people found out about him. Twitter is completely to blame here - maybe along with being so naive to think that writing an apology on Twitter is a good idea.
  • chickenpotpie 5y ago
    I think there’s a bit of selection bias here. There’s no evidence he wouldn’t have been fired for his actions if he didn’t publicly apologize. Many people are fired for the same actions, we just don’t hear about it.
  • lightgreen 5y ago
    > Twitter is completely to blame here Don't blame knives for killing people, blame people who kill people. I think the issue here is that Twitter came too quickly into our lives, and people did not have time adapt to the new reality. Three hundreds years ago people would happily join a mob on a square trying to burn a woman because she is a witch or a traitor or unfaithful. Today people would just tell them they are coo coo and continue with their business. After a couple of years people will learn to react to Twitter cancelling mob the same.
    • gambiting 5y ago
      Sorry I should have said "Twitter culture" not Twitter. And I do hope you are right about it eventually fading away.